Fernando Alonso For days he has warned that “our strength lies in Sundays.” And he already said on Thursday that Sunday could be a good day considering Aston Martin is managing its tyres better than Ferrari, with high temperatures expected on the track for the race. The question is whether it will rain, but if not, Alonso, who started second behind ‘Poleman’ Perez, declared that he would aim for first place by starting from ‘Czech’. but that’s just the reason “He likes to lead”, recognizing that Red Bull is much better in the straight and shouldn’t give him a chance to win. moreover, Max Verstappen, who started ninth, “gets there early”.

For this reason, thanks to Leclerc’s final accident that upended the final timetable, he set a big goal of starting 2nd after ‘qualifying’ with better-than-expected results and a 4th podium finish in 5 races. bottom.

The Oviedo man attacks in the first few meters, but on this track he attacks from the dirtier part. The Madrid native comes out on the clean side, so he knows it might be normal for Sainz (3rd) to pass him at the start. But on race pace his Aston his Martin should have enough power to take his 3rd place and dream of something else using Red Bull’s mistake.

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“It was good quality. I was able to try some options and options and I think it went well in qualifying.The car was feeling good.Q3 was interrupted by a red flag and I don’t know what I could have done.I did one lap on used tires and the red flags improved. I think we had some rhythm left in the car because we were doing it, there was more left, but let’s start from the front row of the grid and see what we can do.”

‘Big Confidence’ in Racing

“Confidence? A lot. Usually Sunday is our day. The car takes great care of the tires and the race pace is very good. Whenever you start higher, it gets easier. And , we have strong rivals behind us.Ferrari were strong here and in Baku but they brought improvements.Max, he will arrive at some point in the race and I think he is fast.In the mirrors “There are some things to worry about, but we’re going to run our own race and hopefully score some points against rivals Mercedes, who have had a difficult weekend.”

Start, attack Perez

“I don’t think we need to go to win, especially considering how the weekend went. Even the podium will be difficult. But we’re going to race. That’s what we’ve been doing all season. , “It’s a privileged position we didn’t expect to be in. Every rap we do is a gift and the team enjoys it. We love to lead, so I’ll try to pass Czech on the first lap, at least a couple of laps, and then after that, fifth if fifth, seventh if seventh, podium would be great, but it’s going to be a very tough race.”

Unexpected Results (DAZN)

“We didn’t expect it at all. So we took advantage of this and made some changes, a more normal car in the time trial and everything is back to normal And this weekend the asphalt is a challenge for everyone During the time trial session I started to understand how fast I had to do the lap out of the pits, the temperature of the tires to start the lap…even though I did the laps on used tires so I had a bit of leeway. , you can’t complain in the front row.”

“‘CZECH’ is usually cautious at first” (DAZN)

“It would be interesting. ‘Czech’ is always a bit discreet, right?… like Jeddah.” Don’t tell him, huh! (laughter) . Let’s see if we can lead the race for a few laps. He then pulls over and runs away. But he will see a way out of the dirty part. He was unhappy with the lack of grip from the line and he went off the line (3rd)… so maybe he had a normal start and lost positions with Carlos (Sainz). But Aston said if Martin has done anything good in his first few races it’s degradation so it’s an easy start and a long race.”